Cross-correlating Squared kSZ and HI Intensity Fields: A Map-level ACT--MeerKAT Forecast
The kinetic Sunyaev--Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect probes the line-of-sight momentum of free electrons, but its blackbody spectrum and velocity-dependent sign make it difficult to isolate and cause conventional cross-correlations with density tracers to vanish. In this work, we investigate the cross-correlation of the square...